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Re: I'll Give You a Clue

It's illustrated well, but there's no real concept or parody here. It looks like it was commissioned by Milton Bradley. You're talented, but I feel like it's been wasted on this.

AdderXYU wrote:seriously, joel? It's pretty blatantly red to me.

It's far more orange than the official template red. Confusion then arises because the official template orange is itself kinda red. The artist him/herself admitted a problem.

Since it's still more red than orange and it's been clarified (nice of Joel to ask instead of just randomly pushing the big REJECT button), here's hoping it doesn't end up the victim of another questionable shirt colour rejection. This is certainly one of the best entries in the competition.

Re: Whats under the bed?

This shirt seems awfully similar to THIS shirt on shirt fight.

Re: Upon Closer Inspection...

There are only 3 beds. I hope one of these penguins is a girl

CelestialAxis wrote:No pentacle for Wicca either. Also, why does Pi count as text and got rejected and these don't? Just curious.

Just because it hasn't been rejected yet doesn't mean it won't be.

Speaking from experience, only "ohm" above counts as text, as it is a foreign language character. The others are, in fact, non-textual symbols. And I'm not making this up - an entry was once rejected because of an "ohm" character. The irony is that it didn't actually have "ohm" in it; it was just a blurry comp or something.

Re: Murder Mystery

Maybe the bullet just caught the side of his face...? Just a thought... maybe that's the mystery.

Re: Whoo Are You? (on Brown)

An owl.

With a magnifying glass.

Why not a panda? or a bunny?

alanblackw00d wrote:Repeat it with me:
Greek is a language!
Pi is a letter!
Letters are text!

Here's a fun challenge - do a few searches on Greek Google and see if you can find any textual examples containing the letter pi!

Also, is it so crazy to believe that Greek people have phones and keyboards with Greek letters? Have all the times I've seen someone send a text message or write a letter in Greek been a lie?!

It's like saying that accented letters aren't text because they aren't immediately available with a single keystroke on a standard English keyboard. You could make the same argument about a shirt with a big Ñ on it and it would make about as much sense.

I basically said as much earlier, but I suppose I wasn't very clear.

And yo, I don't have a fancy Greek keyboard, but check this out: π

Yeah, that's the LETTER pi, in all its glory. Alt+227 --> π, at least on a Windows machine.

Mystery artist, I'm as fond of pi as the next guy. Heck, probably more - I'm an engineering student and I own a Pi by Numbers shirt. But pi isn't merely a mathematical symbol. That's like saying 'e' isn't a letter because it's just a symbol for Euler's number. (And yeah, I own e by numbers as well. And phi by numbers.)

Re: Whooo Are You?

the brown one is uglier than this one, imo.

honzo wrote:An owl.

With a magnifying glass.

Why not a panda? or a bunny?

Because owls ask an important question.

kylemittskus wrote:Look at one of the other entries and notice how they have a picture of the shirt on a shirt comp. Do the same. Follow the rules. It's not as difficult as some derby entrants would lead you to believe based on their submissions.

What this person is trying to say is you can use these:

http://shirt.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=1517039

or these:

http://shirt.woot.com/forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2320388

...to use on your comp. This is a great design and I wish you got it right the first time.

proberts9999 wrote:Where's the "I'D WANT THREE" button?

hoho, if only there were such a button *sigh* Thanks for your support!

Re: How we got pictures of the Yeti

I am a bit concerned about the Yeti placement on us females...

Re: Spiritual Mystery- abstractish

Oooh, mysterious indeed!

trekmiss wrote:Yeah, but the mystery is trying to figure out "who done it?" Here, there is no mystery, the girl did it. Case closed.

But who's the girl? I've no doubt that at least some murder mysteries describe/show the murder taking place, but the killer's face is shadowed or something and manages to slip away. Then the mystery begins. I think Maltese Falcon may have done so (I can't quite remember at the moment).

Even though depicting the murder still fits "Mystery" (in my opinion), it doesn't SPECIFY Mystery. It could also fit any number of other genres. Since this design doesn't take it any further, I agree that there is reason to reject it for being off-topic.

evilbluechickens wrote:RESUBBED WITH A NEW TITLE!

This design is loosely based on the Norse Myth of Sigurd, the Sword is Sigmund's which was given to Sigurd after he died, and the Runic Circle in the back was just for effect...

The runes were originially going to be more of the focus, but i need more practice...

credit goes to Obsidian Dawn for the use of the awesome brush that is the rune circle in the background...
http://www.obsidiandawn.com

I'm not familiar with the myth of Sigurd. Do you mind sharing the "mystery" part of it?

Re: Whats under the bed?

YES! This is awesome.

Re: Mystery Market

Flea Markets
Pro: You can get lots of neat stuff for really cheap.
Con: You don't know where it came from or who has touched it.

krisrobinson wrote:She was trouble, and he knew it. He was about to bust this case wide open... through it's chest, or maybe it's head. He hadn't decided yet.

NICE description! I love this kind of wordplay.

Re: The Mystery of Life

People... you do know this is NOT the Steampunk derby right?

eHalcyon wrote:But who's the girl? I've no doubt that at least some murder mysteries describe/show the murder taking place, but the killer's face is shadowed or something and manages to slip away. Then the mystery begins. I think Maltese Falcon may have done so (I can't quite remember at the moment).

Even though depicting the murder still fits "Mystery" (in my opinion), it doesn't SPECIFY Mystery. It could also fit any number of other genres. Since this design doesn't take it any further, I agree that there is reason to reject it for being off-topic.

It deserves to be rejected because it is poorly done and embrangles. All your reasons are superfluous my friend.

Re: Whats under the bed?

I really like the concept but I really dislike the use of color. I think everything gets lost on the shirt.

JadenKale wrote:HOLY COW! GIVE THAT MAN A CIGAR FOR NOTICING EVERY ENTRY IS BY ***








Now, back to reality, did you not read the special circumstances of this week's derby?

Don't make assumptions now! I can't tell either way, but it's just as likely that the guy was joking. Deadpan is a lovely thing.

Re: fedora

Did we ever figure out how this fits "Mystery" at all?

honzo wrote:An owl.

With a magnifying glass.

Why not a panda? or a bunny?

Because pandas pander and bunnies are dummies.

and as eHalc said... Owls ask the hard hitting questions... especially 'Whooo done it?'

eHalcyon wrote:I basically said as much earlier, but I suppose I wasn't very clear.

And yo, I don't have a fancy Greek keyboard, but check this out: π

Yeah, that's the LETTER pi, in all its glory. Alt+227 --> π, at least on a Windows machine.

Mystery artist, I'm as fond of pi as the next guy. Heck, probably more - I'm an engineering student and I own a Pi by Numbers shirt. But pi isn't merely a mathematical symbol. That's like saying 'e' isn't a letter because it's just a symbol for Euler's number. (And yeah, I own e by numbers as well. And phi by numbers.)

Single letters are NOT text. Words are text.

RukasuFox wrote:Okay, please explain exactly the who/what/where and why of this murder. Thank you.

The girl over there killed the guy over there. I don't know who they are because they are not real, but it's obvious who did what. The motive isn't necessary, since you can convict the girl of murder simply because you saw her do it.

Re: Fish Noir

How cute, in a kooky sort of way. I like it.

eHalcyon wrote:But who's the girl? I've no doubt that at least some murder mysteries describe/show the murder taking place, but the killer's face is shadowed or something and manages to slip away. Then the mystery begins. I think Maltese Falcon may have done so (I can't quite remember at the moment).

Even though depicting the murder still fits "Mystery" (in my opinion), it doesn't SPECIFY Mystery. It could also fit any number of other genres. Since this design doesn't take it any further, I agree that there is reason to reject it for being off-topic.

maybe the submitter can add an iPod. That's enough to make it on topic

Re: Fish Noir

How cute, in a quirky sort of way. I like it.

Shadowbat wrote:Single letters are NOT text. Words are text.

words are words. and you are wrong.

kylemittskus wrote:Look at one of the other entries and notice how they have a picture of the shirt on a shirt comp. Do the same. Follow the rules. It's not as difficult as some derby entrants would lead you to believe based on their submissions.

A shirt placement IS shown in this shirt comp. Because of the colours used, it's not obvious at first glance. Bottom right corner.

Mystery artist, I think it all checks out here.

Re: where's my shirt

not on topic and your thumbnail doesn't match.

eHalcyon wrote:I'm not familiar with the myth of Sigurd. Do you mind sharing the "mystery" part of it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd

Basically, the tale involves much magic and other mystery...

It is also called Gram.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_(mythology)

yeah, not really on topic...
OOPS...

i have another entry floating around but its terrible, this is mostly for practice and i couldnt really think up anything mysterious, more myth like...

the whole idea was kind of inspired by this as i wanted to incorporate a sword into my design somehow...

http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=21

yay...longest post ever...
(also need to learn some html)

Shadowbat wrote:Single letters are NOT text. Words are text.

There are numerous definitions for "text"; we go by Woot's. They've been doing this for 100 derbies. That's a lot of derbies and a lot of precedence to go by.

Though it may not match perfectly, Woot's definition is close to the definition in the printing business. "Text" is defined as "type, as distinguished from illustrations, margins, etc." This definition includes single characters.

dankstick wrote:I'm with you there all the way. I know how halftones are created when months ago I could never use them. Not that halftones are that super awesome, but it is something I picked up. I scrutinize designs and pick out the elements I like and try to recreate them. I read the comments and understand what works for designs. I have many ideas but they all have to filter though what I can actually put in digital form. I hate that. My mind's eye can never materialize what it sees. This attempt, this entry, is my best so far in my opinion because it so closely resembles what my idea was. I'd like to think I've come a long way in the few months doing this. The pop-culture stuff I aspire to not depend on, I have done non-pop-culture designs and will do more.

I know what you mean there. I don't have the skills to do complicated or artistic designs, but as a closet poet those are the kinds of ideas I tend to have first.

As far as improvement goes, I certainly learned a lot when I entered the derby regularly last year. I think I've lost at all during my school-term hiatus though. I haven't had much time to get back into it either.

Re: Windows of the Soul

Nice shirt, and love it on white - way too many black shirts sell on Woot and almost never any white!

SnapesAndChains wrote:looks like the cover for voldemort can't stop the rock by harry and the potters

I just looked at it. Didn't even know they existed. I agree, they share similar styles. I based mine on Saul Bass' work though.

AdderXYU wrote:Without a name on the entry, and with a "different" style than normal, the exact same patterns as always have arisen. That, to me, is proof positive that the user is getting juiced, and that should not be supported.

I don't see this as proof of anything. No name could just as easily indicate that it's the style that is getting votes and not the "user getting juiced". Unless you're serious that this is a different style than his normal, in which case it doesn't make sense that so many would be able to so easily determine who the designer was just from the image. Personally, I wasn't completely sure.

Re: Mystery Gift

Have you ever thought it would be funny to wrap a birthday gift in a box inside a box in yet another box and another box.....?
Here's a close-up of the unfortunate recipient of such a prank.
Was it really the best birthday gift ever?....Now we'll never know, but circumstances might suggest otherwise.



Hmmmm, the red on the giant present went all goofy looking when I submitted....it's not like that in my file.